Another local ZIP code, 77055, which includes Spring Branch East, Spring Valley Village and Hilshire Village, was No. 6 on the list. These were the only two neighborhoods in Texas to grace the top 15.

ZipRealty, Inc. found the sweet spots using ZIP-code specific housing data by analyzing three factors: median home sales price, presence of single-family homes and walkability. To be considered, a zip code needed to have a median home sales price that was at least double that of its metro area average, at least 90 percent of its home sales from single family residences and a walk score of at least 50.

The logic there: “Because as experienced trick-or-treaters know, the nice house on a walkable street usually gives out the best candy (king-size candy bars anyone?)!”

“Selecting the top cities for trick-or-treating is a great place for families to start, but cities are massive areas with several distinct and dynamic neighborhoods,” said Jamie Wilson, senior vice president of technology for ZipRealty in a statement. “So we’ve fine-tuned our list to uncover the best neighborhoods for trick-or-treating based on a much more micro level, using zip-code specific housing data. Since ZipRealty has an abundance of data to help buyers find their dream homes all year round, we wanted to use this data to help kids find an abundance of dream candy this Halloween season!”

Here is some “bite-size info” aggregated about the top five by the realty firm:

Bellaire is a suburb of Houston known as the “City of Homes,” – it’s one of the nation’s top earning towns so bring an extra pillowcase for the candy you’ll score!

Wellesley Hills is a neighborhood in Wellesley, MA, a suburb of Boston; according to Forbes, Wellesley is one of America’s most educated small towns. Maybe you’ll score some Nerds!

there’s some neighborhoods off of 249 and Spring Cypress. i think when traveling North on 249 exit Spring Cypress, turn left on Spring Cypress then right on Grant Rd.

my daughter absolutely CLEANED HOUSE there! my friends live back there, and we went to their neighborhood to trick or treat. we left with 3 pillow cases full of candy. it was UNREAL. every house was lit up, and they all had candy. some houses even had a little haunted house in their garage or themed decorations on the house with music playing!

Instead of walkability, they should’ve considered average lot size or distance between houses. You’ll get a lot more candy in the heights with houses that are 50′ apart than the Villages where houses are 150′ apart.

I would have thought West University Place would have at least tied with The City of Bellaire. Plenty of young kids in both places. All the activity in the neighborhood with people in the street and on the sidewalks ringing doorbells drives my dogs crazy though.

The riffraff are the ones who are trucked/minivaned/caravaned in from all over town.

Whatever happened to kids staying in their neighborhoods? Last year we pushed our infant around our subdivision in his stroller (he was dressed as a very small monkey), while we gave out candy. Every few minutes a van or SUV would come barreling down the subdivision’s main street. It would stop, the doors would fly open, and kids would go tearing off in half a dozen directions. Once they’d hit every house they’d pile back into the truck and zip away. It was like a scavenger hunt. These SUVs/trucks would drive down the middle of the street until they get to the next intersection.

The ones I don’t appreciate are the “youths” who show up at your door at 10PM, no costume, thrusting out a pillowcase. The inference is “give me candy or I’ll do something to your house.”

Feel sorry for people in those neighborhoods. Now everyone will drive/bus their children into them and make it unbearable. This happens to ours every year. It’s okay except the kids coming in and the parents with them are rude, ungrateful, and aren’t always caring about safety. We used to be able to leave candy at the door when we went with our kids trick or treating and most kids were respectful and only took a handful. Then kids from outside our neighborhood started coming and within 30 minutes all of the candy is gone. We even saw kids with adults taking multiple handfuls of candy and putting in their bag as we were walking back to the house and the parents didn’t care. I don’t understand what we are teaching kids anymore other than steal when people aren’t looking and it’s okay not sharing with others who are trying to have fun also.

It’s no wonder that half of the houses on our block don’t turn the lights on anymore.

How about stay in your own neighborhood? That is what trick or treating should be about: community. I never went to the nice neighborhoods as a kid just to score better candy. Heck, I never ate a quater of what I did get. What has happened to us?

I wish the dumb realtors wouldn’t encourage people to load up their cars and drive to greener pastures. It’s just wrong and greedy and causes traffic and safety problems in those neighborhoods. What are your kids going to do with all that candy anyway?? Like kids need or should consume pillow sacks full of candy! Gross!

I was just thinking what might a I do with the kids on Halloween, oh but you’ve placed 77055 in the newspaper, for best trick or treat, (not sure about that when most of the neighbors aren’t even friendly)? Now I’ve got to leave home early, and come in late!!!

We love seeing children having a great time, trick-or-treating, in a safe neighborhood.

I’ve heard no complaints from my neighbors over the years. We know that Halloween will always bring heavy traffic, and children from other neighborhoods to our streets for a night. We take great pride in providing a place where kids can safely be kids.

This is a wonderful place to trick-or-treat. Fantastic decorations, great costumes, and plenty of treats for all.

In Corpus Christi people bring their kids out to Padre Island to trick or treat and a particular 1 mile loop (Hawksnest Bay) has so many people it creates traffic problems. You have to see it to believe it.

I am a new resident to the Heights, I live on 9th street on the West side of Yale, do many children come that way or do they stick mostly to the Woodland Heights part of the neighborhood East of Heights Blvd? I am just trying to make sure I am prepared with candy.